Happy Thanksgiving!

A very joyful and blessed Thanksgiving to you all, dear friends! I am sitting at my desk with hot chocolate here in Oxford during a brief respite from cooking. My husband is napping after a late night of paper-writing. We have a duck in our slow-cooker and very tantalizing pumpkin pie on our (small) table. It's been sort of a fun experience cooking all of Thanksgiving dinner for the first time.

Confession

During my devotions this week, I have been reflecting on my attitude and practice in prayer. One habit I notice in myself is a tendency to confess the same category of sin over and over--without really reflecting on individual instances of sin.

Life Goals

The far side of change has proven to be a very open and disorienting place. I find myself far from home without most of the time commitments I am accustomed to. I've graduated college, and without a graduate program to attend this year, I have no external academic structure to provide motivation. I have no old friends to visit, no commitments to any community beyond spending time with my husband and writing or calling home. In one sense, it has been a lovely time to rest and recuperate from a busy year. In another, it has been rather terrifying and isolating. I have found it so easy to wile away the hours watching tv, moping about the apartment, feeling guilty for my sloth but lacking motivation to do anything. I have wondered a great deal about who I am and how I am supposed to spend my life.

Return of the Blog (III)

Hello friends who read my blog (all two of you plus my family),

I'm delighted to announce that I have once more returned to the task of keeping this site updated. Since last we spoke, I have become engaged, graduated from Wheaton, gotten married, and moved to Oxford. It's been a hectic, exciting, joyful, overwhelming season, full of adventures and bends in the road.